Definition of steal

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Steal (v. t.) To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.

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Stealthily :: Stealthful (a.) Given to stealth; stealthy.
Reave :: Reave (v. i.) To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic.
Prowling :: Prowling (a.) Accustomed to prowl, or engaged in roving stealthily, as for prey..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To steal money.
Pick :: Pick (v. i.) To steal; to pilfer.
Prowl :: Prowl (v. t.) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty..
Run :: Run (a.) To steal off; to depart secretly.
Purse :: Purse (v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.
Parosteal :: Parosteal () Of or pertaining to parostosis; as, parosteal ossification..
Abscond :: Abscond (v. i.) To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor..
Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us..
Purloin :: Purloin (v. t.) To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch..
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle..
Kidnapper :: Kidnapper (n.) One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.
Deerstalking :: Deerstalking (n.) The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares..
Surreption :: Surreption (n.) The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth..
Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing.
Thievish :: Thievish (a.) Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.
Thievish :: Thievish (a.) Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie..
Pickpurse :: Pickpurse (n.) One who steals purses, or money from purses..
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